The summer of 1971 was drawing to a close when I received a call from the late Irvin Kolodin, music editor for Saturday Review . ...

You may have noticed that I have been neglecting this blog in recent months. One reason is that I have been devoting much time to anothe...

In 1925, Sam Wooding's orchestra—as part of the Chocolate Kiddies variety show—became the first big band to perform in Copenhagen...

Photo by Chris Albertson ©2012 These days, many of the photos we see depicting the New York area focus on the depressing path left my su...

Here is the continuation of my 1979 Smithsonian interview with Russell Procope. Here, he recollects being traded to Fletcher Henderson...